Vehicle-spring



(No Model.)

J. J. WOLFE.

VEHICLE SPRING.

Patented May 18, 1886.

R 0 m m WI TJV ES SES .Attorney 6 N, PETERS. Phclc-Uflwgrapher, washmmn.0.0

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHNJ. \VOLFE, OF VEST MILLVILLE, PENNSYLVAXIA.

VEHICLE-SPRING.

QPEGEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,160, dated May 18,1886.

Application filed Septemherzl, 1865. Serial No. 177,710. (No model.)

TO who? i y 0072067711: outwardly-projccting portions S, and at last Beit known that 1, JOHN J. \VOLFE, of Test formed intoforwardly-projecting straight por- Millville, in the county of Clarionand State of tions T, which converge slightly at their for-Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and. ward ends, and which aresecured at the said 5 useful Improvements in Vehicle-Springs; and endsto the bolster a distance from the ends of I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a the same, as shown in the drawings. These full, clear,and exact description of the invenlatter spring-rods and their bent andcoiled tion, which will enable others skilled in the portions passinside of and slightly below the art to which it appertains to make anduse the coiled and bent portions of the outer spring IO same, referencebeing had to the accompanyrods, F, having all their coiled and bentporing drawings, which form a part of this specitions corresponding tothe coiled and bent porfication, and in which tions of the aforesaidrods.

Figure 1 is a bottom view of my improved Tw'o rods, U U, are secured attheirends to vehicle-spring. Fig. 2 is a top view of the the bottom ofthe vehicle-body, nearits outer 15 same, showing it removed from thevehicleedges, and these rods are formed with downbOX, and Fig. 8 is alongitudinal vertical secwardly-projecting eyes V, in which eyes thetional view of'thevehiclebody and thesprings inwardly-bent portions ofthe outer pair of and axles. springs rock, the said rods being securedlon- Similar letters of reference indicate corregitudinally to thebottom of the vehicle-body. 7o 20 sponding parts in all the figures. Aframe, \V, is formed by two rods, X X,

My invention has relation to springs for the ends Y of which are securedto the bottom vehicles, and especially for light vehicles; and of thevehicle-body inside of the ends of rods it consists in the improvedconstruction and U, whereupon the said ends are formed with combinationof parts of the same, as hereineyes Z Z, in which the straightinwardly-bent 2 5 after more fully described and claimed. portions ofboth spring-rods rest when the In the accompanying drawings, the letterA frame-forming rods are bent outward and donindicates the vehiclebody.Bis the rear axle, bled over the straight middle portions of the and Cis the front axle, which is pivoted at its rods U. and bent transverselyinward. The

middle to turn in a horizontal plane upon the transverse portions B B ofthe rods are de- 3o king-bolt D, which passes through the bolsterpressed at their middles, and the inclined ends E, having any desirableconstruction of fifth- O of the depressed portions have the longiwheel.tudinal straight central portions of the springs Two spring-rods, F F,are secured by means secured to them, the saidinclined ends serving ofclips to the rear axle near its ends, and pass to keep the middles ofthe springs in their 3 5 forward to near themiddle of the vehicle-body,proper relative positions.

where they are bent inward at a right angle, The rods are secured attheir forward ends as shown at H, whereupon they are formed to thecentral portions of the coupling-rods U, into transverse coils I, theendsJ of which are and project rearward with their eyed ends, again bentat right angles and continued forwhich slide upon the straight rearportions of 0 Ward, when they are again bent outward at the outer pairof springs, bracing the said right angles and formed into transversecoils springs and rc-enforcing the bent portions K, the ends L of whichproject outward for a against any lateral wrench upon the same, as shortdistance, whereupon they are bent at wellas serving to take up a portionof the lonright angles to form longitudinal portions M, gitudinal strainupon the said straight per '45 the forward ends of which are clipped tothe tions of the springs when the vehicle is drawn outer ends of thebolster. Two rods, N N, are over the ground. clipped in a similar mannerto the under side The vehicle has no coupling between the rear of therear axle at the same clips as the former axle and the bolster exceptingthe springs, and spring-rods, and these rods are bent inward at it willbe seen that consequently the body will r00 50 O, coiled at P, bentforward at Q, again bent be hung between the said axle and bolsterupoutward and coiled at R, formed into straight on the ends of thecoupling-rods and frame rods, resting upon the central bent and coiledportions of the springs, which will give a very sensitive support,cushioning any rocking or twistlng motion imparted to the axles by0bstructions and uneven places on the road.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- 1. In a Vehiclespring support, thecombination, with two pairs of spring-rods formed with straightlongitudinal central portions, outwardly-bent portions coiled attheirinner ends, and forwardly and rearwardly bent portions secured tothe axle and bolster, of acoupling and frame secured to the centralstraight portlons, and having eyes for the outer portions of theoutwardly-bent portions, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. I11 a veliicle spring support, the combination of the axles andbolster, two pairs of spring-rods secured at their ends to the rear axleand to the bolster, formed at their middles into straight portions, bentoutward and coiled at the inner ends of the said bent portions, and bentto project forward and rearward, coupof the coupling-rods and havingtheir rear eyed ends sliding upon the inner ends of therearwardly-projecting portions of the outer pair of springs, as and forthe purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. VOLFE.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES ODONNEL, DAVID A. VIANT.

